Sunday Feb 10 |
 | Orienteering race (Karepiro Craphole) 1:30:00 [3] **** 7 km (12:51 / km) | |
| slept:5.0 shoes: New Balance 781 |
| Not so fun, bad end to the week. Wet + steep = wobbly ankles and slow going, bad map, dodgy control placement, thick vegetation, etc etc. Motivation ran out at #9 and jogged back. Shame to end the week on a low like that. Cancelled course so no biggie, feel a bit sorry for the organisers who put in their time. Nice beach setting though. |
| run warm up/down 15:00 [2] 2 km (7:30 / km) | |
| shoes: New Balance 781 |
| Jog to the start, no warm down. |
Saturday Feb 9 |
| Orienteering race (Hedley Road, Woodhill) 42:17 [4] 4.9 km (8:38 / km) +225m 7:01 / km | |
| slept:7.0 shoes: New Balance 781 |
| What a cool area! Enjoyed the nav chalenge in such interesting terrain to run in. Fairly sloppy but didnt really care, started to lose it physically at about #12, the last few controls were a bit slower than they should have been. Fairly satisfied with my run. |
| run warm up/down 10:00 [2] | |
| shoes: New Balance 781 |
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Friday Feb 8 |
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| (rest day) |
| Snorkelling at Goat Island then a tour of the inlaws awesome Takatu Winery near there at Matakana. Another great rest day. |
Thursday Feb 7 |
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| (rest day) |
| Waitomo Caves - awesome. The glow worms thought our rendition of 'Eternal Flame' was awesome too. |
Wednesday Feb 6 |
| Orienteering race (Aramiro) 1:50:00 [3] 9 km (12:13 / km) +650m 8:59 / km | |
| shoes: Nike Stucture Triax 9 |
| Really steep, nice forest, kinda tired, plugged away. Glad I finished. |
Tuesday Feb 5 |
| Orienteering race (Loop Race, Kairangi) 1:03:00 [3] 8 km (7:52 / km) | |
| slept:7.0 shoes: New Balance 781 |
| Didnt do the last loop, bit sick of steep farmland. Running at about 80% the whole way, good for the practice. |
Monday Feb 4 |
| Orienteering race (University of Waikato) 17:25 [5] 3.1 km (5:37 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics 2100 |
| Typical uni style sprint map, with great course setting to take advantage of the pond areas for spectators.
Went out as fast as I could while keeping contact with the map. Still lost 25 secs at #4 when I ran out of 3 the wrong way. Not much else wrong but started to lose it physically between #14 and #20, got it back together again for the finish. Result was about par for me. |
| run warm up/down 10:00 [2] | |
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